Blood Money: How it is made and how it is spent: 1870

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Blood Money: How it is made and how it is spent. Part of a coloured wood engraving published on a double spread of Tamahawk on pages 70-71 of Vol. VI dated 19th February 1870. This part of the image is the representation of 'How it is spent'. It depicts two business men indulging in their greed at a table laden with fine food and wines. The 'How it is made' part of the image depicts a seamstress dressed in rags and straining her eyes, illuminated by a lamp.